* Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote on Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 10:46:32PM CEST: > () Ralf Wildenhues <ralf.wildenh...@gmx.de>
> Can we find a transformation that is known to most readers, not already > done by automake, general enough to be portable, and short enough to > serve as a quick example? If a real-world one can't be found, then we > can still use a fake .foo -> .bar one. > > One real world example (that is, real for me) is generation of .texi from > another format (in my case, .texh). However, this is a messy area WRT > source vs target directories Indeed; explaining the details might take more space than the actual example. > So .foo -> .texi can be excluded, i think. Perhaps the OP context of > converting an image from one format to another is as good as any. It is > real-world; it can be adapted to cohese w/ the GNU Coding Standards should the > latter be extended to image formats in the future. Hmmm, having written that, > a similar idea (in spirit) comes to mind: .cdda -> .ogg -- WDYT? Format conversion seems like a good idea, ideally one that's about free formats and using free and portable tools? Thanks! Ralf